SUPPLY CHAIN THE MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF COCOA INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA  

2011-03-25
The ability of cocoa farmers to attain profit maximization goals is influenced by the prevailing policy environment especially in this era of globalizing economy. The study therefore examined the supply ...

SPATIAL DIMENSION OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SELECTED URBAN CENTRES IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA  

2011-03-26
Cities are often considered centres of higher quality oflife (QoL) but there could be spatial variations. The study aimed at measuring variations in the QoL of households in llorin the ...

FACE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM USING HYBRID SKIN SEGMENTATION, TEMPLATE MATCHING WITH HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS  

2011-04-03
The need for access control. security. surveillance and monitoring systems has placed a high demand on effective and friendly human-computer interaction (HCl), which includes the ability to perform the task ...

ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM PSOROSPERMUM SPECIES  

2011-05-03
Essential oils of fresh pulverized leaves and air-dried powdered root bark of Psorospermum corymbiferum (Roehr.) and Psorospermum tenuifolium (Hook f) were separately obtained by hydrodistillation in Clevenger-type apparatus. The essential ...

RADIOACTIVITY IN SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS  

2011-05-19
In this research work, the radionuclide contents in some newspapers produced in Nigeria were measured by means of a precisely-calibrated and well-shielded gamma spectrometry system. The newspapers selected for measurement ...

FAMILY CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN OGBOMOSO LAND  

2011-08-20
Social conflict is inherent in every human society. Consequently, writers in various disciplines have focused on issues relating to conflict studies. While lots of works have been done on conflict ...

PERCEPTION OF THE HEALTH TEAM MEMBERS TOWARDS RELEVANCE OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN HOSPITAL SETTING IN OGBOMOSO NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OGBOMOSO.  

2011-08-27
The medical model limits health to freedom from illness: the mind is separated from the body and the social context of the patient is ignored. The social approach as expressed ...

CONSTRUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBON-CLAY COMPOSITE RESISTORS  

2011-09-21
Clay and carbon materials have been used for the fabrication of composite resistors of diameter 3.0mm and varying lengths ranging from 5.0mm to 25.0mm. The carbon-clay composite mixture ratio was ...

CHEMOPREVENTIVE AND TUMOUR SUPPRESSIVE ACTIVITIES OF Pleurotus pulmonarius AND P. ostreatus METABOLITESON SOLID TUMOURS AND HAEMATOPOIETIC MALIGNANCIES.  

2011-10-25
The menace of cancer has been a major public health problem in Nigeria, USA and many other parts of the world. As threat to human life by neoplastic diseases continues ...

MODELLING AND SIMULATION ON MULTI-PHASE TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS USING TIMED COLOURED PETRI NETS  

2011-10-29
This research work focused on the use of Timed Coloured Petri Net formalism to model real intersections using two isolated multi-phase traffic light controlled Cross-type and T-type intersections of fixed ...